Other trips reported for the year include Pebble Beach, Maui

• Assemblyman Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, took a $2,176 trip to Pebble Beach ﻿paid for by the California Correctional Peace Officers Association. Panel participants received two nights at the Inn at Spanish Bay, breakfast, box lunch, and dinner. Hueso, the chairman of the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, attended at least four events around the state totaling $2,642 paid for by Humboldt Redwood Company, Klamath Alliance for Resources and Environment, Sierra Pacific Industries, California Trout, Trout Unlimited, Nature Conservancy and California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy.

• Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee, took a $1,300 trip to Pebble Beach funded by the Association of California Life and Health Insurance Companies. Jones, who drove himself to the meetings, said he participated on a panel and met with industry leaders.

“Part of this is to get educated so that I can make better decisions as a legislator when these issues come forward either in committee or on the floor,” Jones said. “It was actually a couple of pretty grueling days driving up there and driving back.”

• Assemblywoman Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, received $892 in meals and lodging from the California Independent Petroleum Association. The location and dates of the event were not listed. Weber could not be reached for comment.

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• Former Sen. Christine Kehoe, D-San Diego, also went on the rail tour of Russia. Kehoe’s disclosure lists $4,042 funded by the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly and Moscow City Duma.

• Former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher, I-San Diego, traveled to South Korea as part of a $3,455 trip paid for by the Korean American Economic Development Corporation. Fletcher received $570 in gifts and meals there, including a lacquer box, headphones and ceramic vase. Also attending was Assembly Speaker John Pérez, a Democrat.

• Then-Sen. Juan Vargas, now a Congressman, traveled to Australia and New Zealand for a trip organized by the Senate Office of International Relations. He and his wife received transportation, food and beverages and cultural activities totaling $2,970.

The 10-day trip was largely hosted by the Legislative Council — Parliament of New South Wales, although Vargas funded his own airfare and hotel bills.

Vargas did not return a message seeking comment. Senate spokesman Mark Hedlund noted that California and Australia have many shared interests.

“Australia and California have both policies to increase the use and consumption of renewable energy; New Zealand and California both contain active earthquake zones and are working toward better earthquake preparedness and emergency management,” Hedlund noted, “and California and New Zealand are both focused on strategies to facilitate job creation and workforce development targeted particularly toward young adults.”